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  Jerath said the differences aren’t about technical skill, 
  but about listening to patients and choosing appropriate 
  care. Previous studies point to differences in the way 
  that female physicians communicate and engage with 
  patients.

  Overall, patients experienced complications 9% of the time 
  when treated by female surgeons and 10.2% of the time when 
  treated by male surgeons.

  Another study published in JAMA Surgery on Wednesday 
  looked at more than 100,000 patients in Sweden who’d had 
  surgery to remove their gallbladders.  Female surgeons had 
  longer operation times, but their patients had shorter 
  hospital stays and less invasive surgeries.
  
  Male surgeons spent a mean of eight minutes less per 
  operation compared with women, even after matching similar 
  patients, surgeries and hospitals. Complications including 
  bleeding, perforations of the intestine or bowel, bile 
  duct lesions, leakage and abscesses occurred nearly 30% 
  more often for male surgeons.

  Historically, vultures were widespread in India. But 
  between the 1990s and early 2000s their numbers plummeted 
  by more than 90%, from around 40m. The cause was 
  diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug that farmers began 
  using to treat their cattle. Though the drug was harmless 
  to both cows and humans, birds that consumed animals 
  treated with diclofenac suffered from kidney failure and 
  died within weeks.